February 4 is National Homemade Soup Day

Posted on February 4, 2012

National Homemade Soup Day

1. Women are more than twice as likely to eat soup as men, 9.67% vs. 4.0%.

2. The Middle English word soupen meant “to drink in sips”, which is how most soups were consumed. The words “soup,” “supper,” “sip,” and “sop” are derived from this term.

3. Andy Warhol(who’s real name was Andrew Warhola) is famous for his Campbell ‘s soup can art of the 1960’s. Did you know his first works sold for around 100 dollars? Today they sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Daily Quote: “Of soup and love, the first is the best.” ~ Spanish proverb

Today’s Food History

on this day in…

1906 Clyde W. Tombaugh was born. An American astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto in 1930. His first telescopes were made from old farm equipment parts

1930 Candy maker Frank C. Mars of Minnesota introduced the Snickers bar in 1930. Did you know? Snickers was the name of his prized race horse.

1941 Roy J. Plunkett received a U.S. patent for Teflon. He accidentally discovered it in 1938.

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What a delightful blog site you have. I’m always interested in learning about history. My son and I are always tossing trivia at each other. Thanks for the daily dose! Now maybe I can gain an advantage over him 🙂

Lovely tasty blog you have here! Sorry about the drooling but if you make it so mouth watering here what do you expect! lol Did you find the big bowl of home made soup I left on the side of my blog page for you, in the “Icy Realm” of Europa? 😉 By way of thanks for you visit and your interest! 🙂

Thanks so much for following my blog and know that I find yours extremely well-written and thoughtful! As Americans we have forgotten how to ‘live to eat’ and have resigned ourselves to eating to live. Food should be so much more than that, don’t ya think?

Bravo, sir! I look forward to reading more of your blog as time progresses!

Yum! I just made a pot of chicken, mushroom and Brussel sprout soup last night… A day early to celebrate! Thanks for inspiring me to be a better cook, since I enjoy food so much! BTW, your pics of food are beautiful!

I am a woman so yes I love soup. I typically cook a different batch of soup once a week, freeze and rotate into our lunch menu. What we gain in convenience by buying prepared canned soups, we lose in so many other ways. The aromotherapy alone of a pot on the stove! Healthier, economic and great comfort food in the winter.
Here are some my soup recipes you may wish to try. http://wp.me/p27trL-9I